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Student Kidnapping Attempt: Bridgeport Man Charged In 2 Cases, Police Say Student Kidnapping Attempt: Bridgeport Man Charged In 2 Cases, Police Say
Student Kidnapping Attempt: Bridgeport Man Charged In 2 Cases, Police Say A man has been charged with attempting to lure two Fairfield County students to his car, and in one case, grabbed a student and attempted to drag her to his vehicle. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 11 a.m., Thursday, April 27 at Central High School. According to Captain Kevin Gilleran, of the Bridgeport Police, Officer Dani Soto was dispatched to Central High School to check on the welfare of an 18-year-old female student.  The student lost cell phone contact with a friend as she was leaving the school campus and walking toward North Avenue. Officer Soto confirmed with sc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Forces Woman Into Car In Stamford, Assaults Her Twice, Including At Darien Cemetery: Police Man Forces Woman Into Car In Stamford, Assaults Her Twice, Including At Darien Cemetery: Police
Man Forces Woman Into Car In Stamford, Assaults Her Twice, Including At Darien Cemetery: Police A Connecticut man was charged with assault after allegedly forcing a woman into his car and then assaulting her twice. The incidents took place in Stamford and Darien around 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 22. Stamford Assitant Police Chief Richard Conklin said the department received a call from Darien Police to be on the lookout for New Haven County resident Pablo Monegro, age 29, of Derby. In Stamford, Monegro had allegedly forced a woman he was familiar with into his car, and then beaten and strangled her while threatening her, Conklin said. He also stole her cell phone so she could not cal…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Screaming Man Threatens Bar Patrons About Using Gun In Darien: Police Screaming Man Threatens Bar Patrons About Using Gun In Darien: Police
Screaming Man Threatens Bar Patrons About Using Gun In Darien: Police A dramatic scene played out near a bar in Fairfield County when authorities arrested a screaming man who had made threatening comments to patrons about using a firearm, police said.  The incident happened on Friday, April 14 around 11:30 p.m., when an officer in Darien heard a man's voice screaming in the area of 1041 Post Rd., according to Sergeant Dan Skoumbros.  While trying to find the source of the screaming, two women approached the officer and told them that it was coming from 36-year-old James Newton of Stamford, who had been trying to get them to get inside their Ube…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Fight At CT Courthouse: 4 Nabbed After Incident That Injured Officer Fight At CT Courthouse: 4 Nabbed After Incident That Injured Officer
Fight At CT Courthouse: 4 Nabbed After Incident That Injured Officer Four people were arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with another person at a Connecticut courthouse. The fight took place in New Haven in front of the Superior Courthouse around 11 a.m., Monday, March 27. According to state police, a fight broke out between five people near the entrance to the courthouse, causing judicial marshals to try and break up the fight and separate those involved. One marshal was injured during the melee and taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, police said. Police said three people, including Oreanna Davis, age 28, Ideshia Graham, age 47, and Triniya …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Forcibly Kissing Face, Lips Of Greenwich Teen, Police Say Man Charged With Forcibly Kissing Face, Lips Of Greenwich Teen, Police Say
Man Charged With Forcibly Kissing Face, Lips Of Greenwich Teen, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been charged with allegedly "inappropriately" touching and kissing the face and lips of a 17-year-old Greenwich teen as she walked her dog. Hilmer Santos Roca, age 32, of Bridgeport was arrested on Friday, March 23 for the incident which took place last month, said Lt. Patrick Smyth of the Greenwich Police. According to police, the teen was walking her dog in Riverside when she was approached by Roca who grasp her hand and then touched and kissed her face and lips while preventing the girl from escaping his grasp. He left when the teen broke free and ran away. F…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Mall Fight: CT Man Accused Of Being 'Combative' With Security Mall Fight: CT Man Accused Of Being 'Combative' With Security
Mall Fight: CT Man Accused Of Being 'Combative' With Security An 18-year-old man was charged after allegedly getting into a large fight at a Connecticut mall and being combative with a security guard. The incident took place in New Haven County at the Connecticut Post Mall on Saturday, Feb. 25 in Milford. Milford officers responded to the Connecticut Post Mall for a report of a large fight. When they arrived they found Lamont Jefferson, of Derby, causing a disturbance with mall security officers, police said. Security said that they were attempting to break up a large fight when Jefferson became combative and refused to leave when asked. He was…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Shows Porn Video To Woman At Darien Starbucks, Police Say Man Shows Porn Video To Woman At Darien Starbucks, Police Say
Man Shows Porn Video To Woman At Darien Starbucks, Police Say A man who allegedly held up a cell phone with a pornography video playing to a woman sitting at a Fairfield County Starbucks has been charged by police. New Haven County resident Adield Viana-Ribeiro, age 25, of Derby, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Stamford Court for an incident that took place in November 2022 at the Darien Starbucks, said Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police.  During the incident, a woman told Darien police she was sitting in her vehicle in the Starbucks parking lot around 6:15 a.m. when she looked up to see Viana-Ribeiro standing by her wind…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Manager Shouts Slurs, Refuses Service To Black Coaches At CT Wendy's: Police Manager Shouts Slurs, Refuses Service To Black Coaches At CT Wendy's: Police
Manager Shouts Slurs, Refuses Service To Black Coaches At CT Wendy's: Police The manager of a fast food restaurant in Connecticut is facing charges for using racial slurs against a Black coaching staff while the team was trying to get dinner at his establishment this week, authorities said. Police in Windham County responded to a call about an argument at the Wendy's in Plainfield at 2 Pratt Road around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9, according to the Plainfield Police Department.  Upon arrival, several members of the Woodstock Academy basketball team said they were refused service despite the restaurant being open and other customers being helped.  The man…

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by David Cifarelli
News
Woman Attacked At Youth Basketball Game By Pair Of Fairfield County Women, Police Say Woman Attacked At Youth Basketball Game By Pair Of Fairfield County Women, Police Say
Woman Attacked At Youth Basketball Game By Pair Of Fairfield County Women, Police Say A Connecticut woman was attacked by two women at a youth basketball game by two loud, cussing women. The incident took place in New Haven County around noon on Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Parsons Center in Milford. Milford Police responded to the Parsons Center gym for a report that two Fairfield County women had attacked another woman following a youth basketball game, police said. Police said the victim reported she was at a youth basketball game when a woman from an opposing team began using profanity and yelling very loudly.  The victim asked the woman not to use offensive l…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Westport Man Attempted To 'Lure' Neighbor's Cat Into Home, Police Say Westport Man Attempted To 'Lure' Neighbor's Cat Into Home, Police Say
Westport Man Attempted To 'Lure' Neighbor's Cat Into Home, Police Say A man was charged with breach of peace for allegedly attempting to lure his neighbor's cat into his home in Fairfield County. James Dolyle, age 56, of Westport, was charged on Friday, Jan. 20, following an investigation by Westport Police that he had allegedly stolen the neighbor's cat. The neighbor told officers that Doyle has been trying to “lure” her cat into his residence for some time now and she has repeatedly told him to leave her cat alone, said Lt. Eric Woods, of the Westport Police. Doyle was seen by neighbors trying to lure the cat into his residence and alerted t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Fights Off Suspect: Fairfield County Man Who Allegedly Hid In Backseat Of Car Apprehended Woman Fights Off Suspect: Fairfield County Man Who Allegedly Hid In Backseat Of Car Apprehended
Woman Fights Off Suspect: Fairfield County Man Who Allegedly Hid In Backseat Of Car Apprehended A Fairfield County man who allegedly hid in the backseat of an Ansonia woman's car at a drug store to steal her purse was arrested by police after running away from the scene. The incident took place in New Haven County in Ansonia around 10:15 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17. Ansonia Police officers patrolling Pershing Drive were flagged down by a woman who reported a man hid in the backseat of her car and then tried to steal her pocketbook, said Lt. Patrick Lynch of the Ansonia Police. The woman was able to fight off the suspect and he ran from the scene. The woman reported she had stopped at CVS …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Female Students Charged After Fight At Fairfield Warde HS Caught On Video Female Students Charged After Fight At Fairfield Warde HS Caught On Video
Female Students Charged After Fight At Fairfield Warde HS Caught On Video Two Fairfield Warde High School female students have been charged following an alleged fight at the school in which one was injured and needed medical treatment. The incident took on Friday, Jan. 6, at the school located at 755 Melville Ave., and was filmed by other students who posted it online. Both students, who were arrested on Monday, Jan. 9, were charged with assault and breach of peace, said Fairfield Police Lt. Michael Paris. "The injured juvenile student was treated and released following the altercation," Paris said. Fairfield Warde Principal Paul Cavanna told students on Thursd…

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by Kathy Reakes